Taufach and Fetzach moss with Urseen

	Nature reserve "Taufach- and Fetzachmoos with Urseen" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Great Ursee
location	Leutkirch im Allgäu and Isny in the Allgäu district of Ravensburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	3.109 km²
Identifier	4,097
WDPA ID	82692
Geographical location	47 ° 45 ' N , 10 ° 2' E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '28 " N , 10 ° 1' 48" E
Setup date	June 23, 1982
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

The area Taufach- and Fetzachmoos with Urseen is a nature reserve designated by the Tübingen regional council on June 23, 1982 by ordinance in the area of the cities of Leutkirch im Allgäu and Isny im Allgäu in the Ravensburg district .

location

The nature reserve Taufach- and Fetzachmoos with Urseen is located about one kilometer south of the village of Urlau in the Herlazhofen , Friesenhofen and Beuren districts . The area is part of the natural environment Westallgäuer hills .

Protection purpose

According to the Protected Area Ordinance, the main protection purpose is "the preservation of the very primeval landscape shaped by the Ice Ages with the open water areas of the two Urseen, the dead ice holes in the earth moraine and the open and wooded raised bog areas as well as the many different transition stages from the low moor to the high moor. This largely intact habitat is of high ecological value in which numerous rare plant and animal species have been able to survive. "

Landscape character

The protected area is a large bog complex with raised, transitional and low bogs and bog forests. The Große Ursee and the Kleine Ursee in the west of the area and the Fetzachweiher in the north represent the largest bodies of water. They are drained by the Fetzachgraben.

Flora and fauna

Among others, the FFH species beaver , large moss damsel , golden piebald butterfly , four-toothed diaper snail , marsh glossy herb and glossy varnished sickle moss are to be highlighted .

literature

Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 .

Web links

Profile of the Taufachmoos and Fetzachmoos nature reserve with Urseen in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Individual evidence

↑ Ordinance Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council as higher nature conservation and upper hunting authority on the nature reserve »Taufach- und Fetzachmoos with Urseen« from 23 June 1982. Accessed on 10 September 2018 .
↑ Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 8226-341 wetland complexes north of Isny . edited by Dr. Alfred u. Ingrid Wagner. January 29, 2011 (158 p., Baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).

[1] Ordinance Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council as higher nature conservation and upper hunting authority on the nature reserve »Taufach- und Fetzachmoos with Urseen« from 23 June 1982. Accessed on 10 September 2018 .

[MaP-2] Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): Management plan for the Natura 2000 area 8226-341 wetland complexes north of Isny . edited by Dr. Alfred u. Ingrid Wagner. January 29, 2011 (158 p., Baden-wuerttemberg.de [PDF]).